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Texas Department of State Health Services

Learn more about the state's organ donor registry and education programs; the Texas Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donor Council; and, the laws governing donation in Texas.

Glenda Dawson Donate Life –
Texas Registry, MC 1938
1100 West 49th Street
PO Box 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347

1-800-222-3986 – Toll Free
512-458-7150 – Local
512-458-7162 – Fax

Print Materials Available

The Department of State Health Services has free printed materials about organ donation that are specific to Texas. To view the materials and to learn how to order them, click here.

Associated Donate Life Texas Links

Online Organ Donor Education

The Texas Department of State Health Services has created the Glenda Dawson Donate Life - Texas Online Education Program to inform and educate the state's health care professionals, attorneys and medical and nursing students about:

• the laws governing anatomical gifts,
• the procedures for becoming an organ, tissue, and eye donor,
• the benefits of organ, tissue, and eye donation.

To view the course online, please visit http://www.OrganDonorEd.com. Continuing Education credits are available for the medical provider training.

Texas Organ Procurement Organizations

The United States Federal Government has created organ, tissue and eye procurement organizations, or OPOs, in each state. Due to its size, Texas has three OPOs, all of which have separate regions of the state they are overseeing. The OPO has three major functions:

Educate the general public about organ, tissue and eye donation, options available to donors and the critical need for transplants;
Work with the special hospitals in their region to see if and when organ, tissue and eye procurement is an option;
Approach family members about the possibility of organ, tissue and eye donation upon the time of death and provide them with the choice of their loved one becoming an organ donor.

LifeGift Organ Donation Center